Leicester Royal Infirmary

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Leicester Royal Infirmary
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
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Leicester Royal Infirmary
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Shown in Leicestershire
Geography
LocationInfirmary Square, Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates 52°37′39″N1°08′11″W / 52.6274°N 1.1365°W / 52.6274; -1.1365
Organisation
Care system Public NHS
Funding Government hospital
Type Teaching
Affiliated university Leicester University
Services
Emergency department Yes, Accident and Emergency
Beds890
History
Opened1771
Links
Website www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk
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The Leicester Royal Infirmary (LRI) is a National Health Service hospital in Leicester, England. It is located to the south-west of the city centre. It has an accident and emergency department and is managed by of the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.

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History

Leicester Infirmary & Fever House from the north-east by John Hackett 1825 Leicester Infirmary & Fever House of 1820 from the north-east by John Hackett 1825.jpg
Leicester Infirmary & Fever House from the north-east by John Hackett 1825

The hospital was founded by Reverend William Watts as the Leicester Infirmary with 40 beds in 1771. [1] Patients were forced to pay a deposit when they went in; if they went home, the money was repaid; if they died their deposit would be spent on burying them. [1] When first opened, there was no running water, but it did have its own brewery, beer from which was used to treat the patients. [1] By 1808, the infirmary had expanded by 20 beds, to a total of 60 beds. [1]

A fever house opened at the infirmary in 1820 [2] and nurses were first trained there in 1870. [3] St Luke's Chapel, which benefited from extensive stained glass windows and memorials, was built in 1887. [4] [lower-alpha 1]

The facility became Leicester Infirmary and Children's Hospital in 1911 and Leicester Royal Infirmary and Children's Hospital in 1914 [2] before it joined the National Health Service in 1948. [2]

The Windsor building was opened by the Queen in December 1993 [5] and a new accident and emergency department was opened by the Princess Royal in March 2018. [6]

Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba, a junior doctor at the Infirmary, was convicted of manslaughter for her part in the death of a 6-year-old boy from sepsis and received a suspended prison sentence in 2015. [7] Although the General Medical Council ruled in January 2018 that she be struck off the medical register, the Court of Appeal decided in August 2018 that she should be re-instated. [7]

A congenital heart centre opened at the Kensington Building at the Leicester Royal Infirmary in August 2021. This unit, which was transferred from Glenfield Hospital with support from Pick Everard, [8] forms part of the East Midlands Congenital Heart Network. [9]

See also

Notes

  1. The chapel was demolished to make way for the new accident and emergency department in 2015

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References

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